Health care, including reproductive care, is a basic human right. No one should be denied coverage or access to the full range of prenatal and postpartum care to ensure their own and their children’s health and safety.

As The Oregonian reported last week, efforts to fix our broken tax system officially broke down, forcing our state to wait even longer for the revenue changes we need to strengthen our schools and increase access to childcare, health care and higher education.

As the executive director of Human Solutions, a nonprofit agency that delivers solutions to the housing crisis, I write in support for House Bill 2004 and to respond to the Portland Tribune's recent editorial ("Fix the housing bill while there is time," April 13, 2017.)